Railroad-switch



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet; 1.

S. OURLIN.

RAILROAD SWITCH.

No. 309,770. Patented Dec. 23, 1884.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2'.

(No Model.)

S. GURLIN.

RAILROAD SWITCH.

Patented Dec. 23. 1884.

NITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

SETH OURIJIN, OF COVINGTON, TENNESSEE.

RAILROAD-SWITCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,770, dated December 23, 1884.

Application filed October 25, 1883. (No model.)

To to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SETH CURLIN, of Govington, in the county of Tipton, and in the State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railroad-Switches, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its objects to dispense with the frogs at railroad-sidings, to provide a continuous rail on the main line, and to elevate or raise the ends of the rails of the side track, so as to permit the wheels of the cars to readily pass over the main rails without damage to said wheels, thus obviating the danger of the cars running off the track at the intersection of the main and siding rails, and economizing in the construction of the road. These objects I attain by the means illustratcdin the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a plan view of the track with the switch set to connect the rails of the main track and siding. Fig. 2 represents a plan view showing the communication with the siding broken and the switch set for the main track. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the track at the line as w of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a transverse section of the track at the line 3 y of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side elevation at block h, near one end of the rail 1). Fig. 6 is aside elevation of one end of the rail b,- and Fig. 7 is a plan view of the rails b c with their ends together, making a continuous rail across the rail a.

The letters a aindicate the rails of the main track, which are continuous, as plainly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The letters 72 bindicate the switch-rails, and c, with the continuation of the rail 2), the siding-rails.

The letters f g indicate guard rails, one adjacent to the main rail at the end of the switch-rail b, and the other adjacent to. the switch-rail 1), near the crossing. The ends of the switch-rails are movable as well as the end of the siding-rail c, and are connected by the letter e.

against the main rails they will be elevated above the same, thereby permitting the wheels of the cars to readily pass over the said main rails in passing to the side track. The end of the rail b is bent outward, as indicated by (See Figs. 1, 2, and 7.) In order to permit the head of the bent end 6 of 6c the rail to be set well over the rail a, the web of said rail is slotted or cut through longitudinally, as indicated by the letter m, so that the head of the rail a may stand under the head of said rail b after the same has been bent outwardly for that purpose, as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 3, and 7 of the drawings.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood in connection with the above description. When the rails are in the position shown in Fig. 1, the main rails will be in connection with the siding, and when in position shown in Fig. 2 the main rails will be free.

Havingthus described myinvention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

1. The rail 1), having its web longitudinally cut through or slit, as at m, and having its end bent outward at e, thereby covering a short portion of the rail a, all substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the rails b and 0. fitted to each other and to overlie the rail a, by the means and in the manner set forth.

SETHMOURLIN. 

